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[2024.2 Update] AmEx Green card joined. Having held Gold or Platinum will affect the eligibility of Green card. [2023.12 Update] Marriott Co-branded cards joined. Having held Marriott Brilliant will affect the eligibility of Marriott Bevy card. [2023.10 Update] We initially thought that this family language limitation would first be implemented on co-branded cards, especially since it started with the Delta…
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Since we updated the new link for the 150k welcome bonus for the AmEx Platinum a few days ago, many attentive readers have discovered that the terms of this 150k offer are written as ‘Up to 150,000’, followed by ‘Find out your welcome offer if you’re approved.’ This means that you only find out how much of a welcome bonus…
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These days some people (like in USCardForum and MyFICO) are starting to notice a new AmEx feature: “Apply With Confidence”. This feature means, if you can see the “Apply With Confidence” box in the application page, then AmEx will do a soft pull based on your info, give you a decision whether they will approve your application, and then let…
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American Express is giving a lot these days. We’re seeing highest ever offer on Platinum card now, as well as extra benefits on many cards they announced at the beginning of 2021. Now they’re offering better signup bonus offers on many cards via referral links! As shown above, you can earn an extra $200 credits on eligible purchases at select…
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AmEx and their Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is trying their best these days to punish any abusive behavior. Today, a new development happened: some people got their airline fee credit clawed back! The airline fee credit is a benefit for several premium credit cards, for example: AmEx Hilton Aspire ($250), AmEx Platinum ($200), AmEx Gold ($100). It used to be…
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It’s been a while that you can use your AmEx cobranded card to refer other related cards in the same series. For example, if you have the Delta Gold card, then you can refer Delta Gold, Delta Platinum & Delta Reserve, and their business version. This is true for Hilton series and Marriott series as well. Now AmEx further improved…
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2019.2 Update: See this post for a new update about the increased bonuses from referral link. You should already know that, when you apply for some AmEx credit cards, you may see some higher signup bonuses if you use incognito mode, or with a VPN to increase your chance. See this post for details. For example, AmEx Everyday usually has…
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We know that you can refer a friend for AmEx Hilton Ascend and AmEx Hilton Aspire card: You can earn 20,000/25,000 bonus Hilton Honor points for every approved account you refer, up to 80,000 Hilton Honor Points per calendar year. In fact, the limit of referral bonus from AmEx Hilton cards is 82,090 instead of 80,000. For each account, you may earn…
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